Best Dwarf Pear Trees. Traditional pear trees reach lofty heights of 15 to 20 feet. Tall trees make it challenging to reach all the fruit. Dwarf and semi-dwarf pear trees, on the other hand, top ...

Question: I have a 'Bartlett' pear tree, and this year I have a lot of small black spots on the fruit. What causes that? Answer: This sounds like scab, a fungal disease caused by Venturia pirina .

Many Asian pears (and a few of the European types) are susceptible to a bacterial disease called fire blight. It was reportedly responsible for the near extinction of the Bartlett pear industry in ...

Q. We have an older Bartlett pear tree. It bears a lot of fruit almost every year. The pears rot around the core on the tree. I understand there was a problem last year with a lot of fruit trees, ...

I have a 'Bartlett' pear tree I planted 4 years ago. The second year, it produced three pears. The last 2 years, it bypassed flowering and went straight into leaves... therefore, no fruit.

One of the most well-known types of flowering pear trees is 'Bartlett', which is also typically found on most grocery store ...

When planting pears you must select varieties resistant to fireblight, a disease which can kill fruit trees. Harrow Delight, Warren, Moonglow, Hood, Monterrey, Kieffer, Orient, Seckel, Potomac and ...

Bartlett Pear Tree. ... Pear trees are not guaranteed to bear fruit in the first year unless you buy an older, ... leaving the tree susceptible to pests and diseases.

Any fruit tree in bloom is a vision of beauty and cultivated with little effort, but the fruit is harder to come by. Frank Bissett of Northborough sprays his trees--all of them about 20-foot semi ...

Pears are a climacteric fruit, like an avocado or banana, which means they cannot ripen on the tree. The key to enjoying a good Bartlett is ripening it properly.

Bartletts launch pear season in California each summer. The Bartlett is a climacteric fruit, like an avocado or a banana, which means the fruit does not ripen on the tree. You can buy a tree ...